Battle of Kozhikode

The Battle of Kozhikode was an engagement between the Zamorin of Kozhikode (Calcutta) and a Ming fleet that anchored in the harbor.

Background
In 1421 Admiral Wang Jinhai's treasure fleet of 300 ships and 20,000 soldiers left the Ming Empire on a voyage to the Middle East, fighting off Wakou Pirates and docking in the port of Kozhikode (Calcutta, present-day India). However, the Zamorin of Kozhikode betrayed the Ming fleet, leaving many ships damaged and the fleet leaderless, as Jinhai disappeared. His subordinates Jian Huang and Lao Chen fled to their flagship, where they established a base.

Battle
In order to get revenge against the Zamorin, the Ming forces constructed a base and naval port and raided the northern shore where the Zamorin's base was located, using the Territorial Army and Imperial Army to attack the Zamorin's Rajputs. They freed Jinhai by killing his captors, and they mustered up for a final assault against the Zamorin's town center. They destroyed it, teaching the Zamorin not to take what was not his. However, they noticed that some of the dead raiders were Chinese, and that some of the Chinese had paid the Indians to fight. Suspicions were raised against Jinhai, who eventually steered the fleet off course to present-day Mexico.